Organization thread- halp!

Some of us are just naturally disorganized and messy, some of us live with someone who's disorganized and messy. In my case it's both. HALP! I'll take any and all of your best hacks to help me organize my house. My first question is what do you do with all of your shoes? We seem to have twenty billion pairs and they're all piling up by the front door. I also really need help with my kitchen.

Feel free to post your own challenges and maybe some of you wonderful ladies can help us type B's out!

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Christine Gardening buddies, I'm Zone 5b!

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Our shoes go in the garage - I found a shoe rack on Amazon that has a cover on it so you don't have to worry about dust. Then we have this Ikea shoe cabinet right by the front door for our most frequently used pairs.

I have a bin in the bottom of the closet for tennis shoes, sandals, etc. Dress shoes are on the top shelf of the closet in canvas boxes so they don't get scuffed. Do this in every closet and get a nice boot tray for the front door and make a rule that everyone gets to have 1 pair there everything else needs to be taken to bedrooms if you don't have a coat closet you can use. I also keep a small plastic folding step stool in every closet so I can reach the top shelf.

You need to be more specific about the kitchen problems since my kitchen is crazy organized, but I designed the layout specifically for me. I am one of those naturally organized or as most call me anal OCD people.

Our shoes go in the garage - I found a shoe rack on Amazon that has a cover o...

Posted
11/16/2017

Our shoes go in the garage - I found a shoe rack on Amazon that has a cover on it so you don't have to worry about dust. Then we have this Ikea shoe cabinet right by the front door for our most frequently used pairs.

That's all well and good, but here's my problem - what do you do with the shoes when it's snowy/rainy/muddy outside? You can't put them in there wet, can you?

I have a bin in the bottom of the closet for tennis shoes, sandals, etc. Dre...

Posted
11/16/2017

I have a bin in the bottom of the closet for tennis shoes, sandals, etc. Dress shoes are on the top shelf of the closet in canvas boxes so they don't get scuffed. Do this in every closet and get a nice boot tray for the front door and make a rule that everyone gets to have 1 pair there everything else needs to be taken to bedrooms if you don't have a coat closet you can use. I also keep a small plastic folding step stool in every closet so I can reach the top shelf.

You need to be more specific about the kitchen problems since my kitchen is crazy organized, but I designed the layout specifically for me. I am one of those naturally organized or as most call me anal OCD people.

For my kitchen, storage is my biggest challenge. Each of my bottom cabinets has the base shelf and a half shelf on top. The half shelf is basically useless, plus I have a corner spot that goes very deep and is like a black hole. I don't have a pantry. I just don't really have enough room. We're talking about re-doing the kitchen but I know that will not happen for a few years.

It's a MESS! I clean the kitchen but if you open a cabinet it's just a disaster. Also pot lids? Gaaa, I'm getting frustrated just thinking about how much my kitchen sucks.

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Christine Gardening buddies, I'm Zone 5b!

4 on earth and one in heaven

I clutched my pearlswhen you called her a boundary-stomping cunt. owli

Our shoes go in the garage - I found a shoe rack on Amazon that has a cover o...

Posted
11/16/2017

Our shoes go in the garage - I found a shoe rack on Amazon that has a cover on it so you don't have to worry about dust. Then we have this Ikea shoe cabinet right by the front door for our most frequently used pairs.

Oooooh, I really like this!

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Christine Gardening buddies, I'm Zone 5b!

4 on earth and one in heaven

I clutched my pearlswhen you called her a boundary-stomping cunt. owli

We have a shoe rack and I hate it. My long term plan is to knock a closet into an entry bench and have drawers under for shoes. In the mean time, this is what we have. Kids shoes go under their backpacks/jackets. Our tall shoes like my boots go under, too. Everything else on the rack.

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